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Supplemental Poverty Measure. 3.6%. The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) takes into account people who would fall into poverty without certain non-cash benefits that help lift them above the poverty line. These benefits include food assistance and rental subsidies, as well as tax-based assistance such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
15 sie 2024 · This map visualizes the three-year average of poverty rates by U.S. state from 2020 to 2022. The poverty rates are calculated using the official poverty measure, which defines poverty by comparing the pre-tax annual income to a specific national threshold adjusted for family size.
19 wrz 2022 · Poverty in the United States: Explore the Map. Use U.S. Census Bureau poverty data to explore more than a dozen topics that measure the health of the economy at the state and national...
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4 sty 2014 · Data from the Census Bureau show where the poor live.
The U.S. territories have the highest poverty rates in the United States (higher than the poverty rates of the U.S. mainland), and many of the lowest-income places in the United States are found in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and American Samoa.
Poverty rates were highest in the states of Mississippi (19.58%), Louisiana (18.65%), New Mexico (18.55%), West Virginia (17.10%), Kentucky (16.61%), and Arkansas (16.08%), and they were lowest in the states of New Hampshire (7.42%), Maryland (9.02%), Utah (9.13%), Hawaii (9.26%).
